“We don’t feel safe on the casino floor,” veteran Bellagio cocktail waitress Leslie Lilla told The Associated Press. Hospitality workers - from bartenders and cocktail servers to kitchen employees and housekeepers - have also said they want better job security amid advancements in technology, as well as stronger security protections, including more safety buttons. She declined to say how much the union is seeking in pay raises because, she said, “we do not negotiate in public,” but the union has said it is asking for “the largest wage increases ever negotiated” in its history.

Members currently receive health insurance and earn about $26 hourly, including benefits, union spokesperson Bethany Khan said. Negotiations have been underway since April over topics such as pay and working conditions.

Caesars and MGM Resorts did not respond to emailed requests for comment. A spokesperson for Wynn Resorts declined to comment. The union’s deadline comes after yet another unsuccessful round of negotiations with the three casino companies. “We will be communicating to ask customers that they should take their business elsewhere,” he said. That's five days before the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend, which is expected to bring thousands of people to the Strip, is set to kick off with an opening ceremony.Īt a news conference, Ted Pappageorge, the union's secretary-treasurer and chief contract negotiator, urged tourists and Formula 1 ticket-holders to support the workers if they go on strike by not coming to Las Vegas or crossing the picket lines.

10 with casino giants MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts. The Culinary Workers Union said about 35,000 members whose contracts expired earlier this year are ready and willing to walk off the job at 18 casinos if deals aren't reached by Nov. LAS VEGAS - Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city's economic backbone that could coincide with the Strip's inaugural Formula 1 races later this month.

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